"World's Energy Systems Vulnerable To Climate Impacts, Report Warns"
"Generators from nuclear reactors to coal-fired power plants will feel the brunt of the weather changes."
Source: Guardian, 06/20/2014
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"In A Global 'War on Coal,' Coal Is Winning"
"Global coal consumption rose 3 percent in 2013, despite efforts in some places to scale back use of the carbon-heavy fuel. Why is it hard to stop depending on coal for energy?"
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 06/20/2014
"Records: Duke Warned About Pipe That Caused Spill"
"RALEIGH, N.C. — Records subpoenaed by federal prosecutors show engineers working for Duke Energy warned the company nearly 30 years before a massive coal ash spill that a stormwater pipe running under an ash dump was made of corrugated metal and needed to be monitored for leaks."
Source: AP, 06/20/2014
"Saving the Sage-Grouse: Can Oil And Conservation Work Together?"
"PINEDALE, Wyo. — The anticline is a tableland of nearly 200,000 acres, the Tetons visible in the distance and, in June, still covered with snow. The plateau is filled with sagebrush that barely reaches the knee, short grass, dirt roads and the occasional oil drill. Beneath its rocky surface are 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, one of the richest concentrations in the entire United States."
Source: Aljazeera America, 06/19/2014
"Feds: Oil Train Details Not Security Sensitive"
"BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. transportation officials said Wednesday that details about volatile oil train shipments are not sensitive security information, after railroads sought to keep the material from the public following a string of fiery accidents."
Source: AP, 06/19/2014
"Split Senate Panel Approves FERC Nominees, Bill To Fast-Track KXL"
"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee [Wednesday] confirmed Norman Bay to take the helm of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission after receiving assurances from the White House that he will remain a commissioner for at least nine months."
Source: Greenwire, 06/19/2014
"Washington Residents Rail Against Crude Oil Shipments"
"SPOKANE, Wash. — Numerous speakers told a state Senate committee Tuesday that they oppose the rapid increase in railcars carrying crude oil from the Bakken fields of North Dakota and Montana through the state."
Source: AP, 06/19/2014
"Militants Fly Black Flags Over Iraq Refinery"
"BAGHDAD — Sunni militants have hung their black banners on watch towers at Iraq's largest oil refinery, a witness said Thursday, suggesting the vital facility had fallen to the insurgents in control of vast territories across the country's north. A top Iraqi security official, however, said the government still held the facility."
Source: AP, 06/19/2014
"Texas’ Oil, Gas Regulator Refuses To Talk To Media"
"HOUSTON — Texas’ oil and gas regulatory agency has instituted a blanket policy barring staff members from doing media interviews, raising questions about transparency as the state grapples with the intricacies of one of the largest energy booms in decades."
Source: AP, 06/18/2014
"Obama Carbon Rule Backed by Most Americans — WSJ/NBC Poll"
"More than two-thirds of Americans support President Barack Obama’s new climate rule and more than half say the U.S. should address global warming even if it means higher electricity bills, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 06/18/2014
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